wednesday APRIL 13

11am libraries Start Reading – a visit by the Junior Infants from Scoil Aiséirí Chríost. for learning T 492 4933

Hollyhill Library Central Library, Grand Parade 3pm All week Junior Chess Club open meeting. Exposed - an exhibition of photographs from Learn to play Chess at this Simon – see Monday. introductory lesson, all welcome. Ages 7+ T 492 4928 1.30pm Mapping Cork: history revealed Douglas Library through maps in the Library. Learn how 11am Cork has changed over the centuries Intergenerational Quiz with Douglas Young at Heart using the evidence shown in maps and Douglas Community School – see separate - a talk by James Cronin, School of entry. T 492 4932 History & Centre for Adult Continuing Mayfield Library Education at UCC. All welcome. T 492 4900 11am Mayfield Book Club discusses the short stories of 9am – 10am Frank O’Connor. All adults welcome. Parents’ Room, Holy Cross National School, Mahon T 492 4935 Library Book Club meets local author All week Join the members of the Book Club, which meets monthly Paintings by Daniel – first exhibition by Daniel to discuss their book choice. Books they have reviewed O’Brien. include The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and 11am The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Today they are joined by Quilts and Patchwork: Come and see some of the local author Kevin Doyle. New members always welcome. work created by the Four Winds Textile Group, and Info: Dorothy Keane, Home School Community Liaison they will show you how to make your own amazing Coordinator, Holy Cross NS/Gaelscoil Mhachan 435 7852 creations. ______2pm Cork City Libraries & Altrusa Literacy Scheme present 9am – 5pm Open House – all welcome to listen to readings, tour CIT Crawford College of Art the library & join us for music & refreshments. & Design, Sharman Crawford St 2.30pm – 4.30pm Make Your Move – Chess for all levels and abilities. Exhibition of student work Come along meet our Chess Club members and See work by students on Continuing Visual Education have a game. No experience necessary. All welcome. evening courses at the college, including life drawing, T 492 4950 photography, stained glass, textiles & ceramics. Info: Ed Kuczaj 433 5246 Continues until April 21. Blackpool Library, Shopping Centre ______All week One Book One Community Literacy Project- 9am – 7pm Exhibition of work inspired by The Firework Maker’s Daughter- in conjunction with local schools & Cork James Barry Exhibition Centre, Bishopstown Campus, CIT Community Art Link. Exhibition of All week Green Works display – see Tuesday for details. photographs 10am – noon by students A group from Green Works’ needlework courses details see Monday. demonstrate the techniques used. Continues until Saturday. 18 wednesday APRIL 13

9am-9pm 9.30am – 2pm Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Rd St Vincent’s GAA Club, Sunday’s Well

Seamless, Off the Body, On the Wall Watch hurling & football works by adult learners on the Creative Textile Course Tom Collins, Youth Development Officer at St at CSN, community groups and textile artists from the Vincent’s, runs skills events & games in Hurling & city – details see Monday. Football with students from Sunday’s Well Boys’ ______National School. Parking available in grounds. All welcome. A /Hollyhill Community 9.30am-12.30pm Education Network event. Community Centre, Tory Top Road Info: Tom Collins 430 8119 e-mail: principal. [email protected] Celebrate lifelong learning with the www.sundayswellboys.ie ______Togher Ballyphehane Community Education Network 9.30am – 3pm Open Morning with performances, activities and Before 5 Family Centre, information/exhibition stands. Churchfield

From pre-schoolers to re-schoolers, learning is for Little ones learn everyone and for every age. In Togher, Ballyphehane and Greenmount learning toddles off to crèche & about animals pre-school, then skips to school, continues in adult The Churchfield/ Community community education classes and in active retirement Education Network welcomes the AgriAware Mobile groups. There’s no retiring from learning! During Farm. Children attending local schools & childcare the Lifelong Learning Festival we combine all of our facilities enjoy interacting with young animals – efforts and invite every age group from pre-school to holding & feeding them, learning about farm life. older people and everyone in between, every interest Parents welcome too. and ability. Info: June Hamill 430 3561 ______Join us at our network morning where we will showcase and map all the learning that takes place 10.00am across the community & celebrate the diversity of North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree learning. So join us and - delight in the drama; join in the dancing; sing along to the music & song; Learn a little local history listen to the storytelling; enjoy the exhibitions. And Guided tour of memorabilia of MacCurtain and find out about the learning opportunities locally. MacSwiney in Gaelcholáiste Mhuire. Information Stands: Cork City Adult Guidance Meet at North Presentation Secondary. Organised by Service & Ballyphehane Community Library. Togher/ North Presentation Adult Education, a member of the Ballyphehane Community Education Network. Parking Farranree Community Education Network. available in the Community Centre. Info Siobhán Info: Anne Twomey 430 3330. O’Dowd 431 9085 email: [email protected] ______

Members of the Togher/Ballyphehane Community 10am – 4pm Education Network: Home School Community Links in Family Resource Centre, Mahon Drive Maria Assumpta NS, Morning Star NS & Gaelscoil an Teaglaigh Naofa, Greenmount NS & South Parish NS; Women’s Art Group exhibition QDS- Cope Foundation; Read Write Now Adult Basic See Monday for details Education Service; Togher Family Centre; Ballyphehane Togher Community Development Project.

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10am –11am 10am – 3pm Glen Resource & Sports Centre, The Glen National Learning Network Training Centre, Hollymount Industrial Estate, Hollyhill How to prepare your CV (opposite Apple Computers) Learn key steps in how to write your CV. Bring along your information & we will prepare your CV with you. Open Day & Organised by the Glen Community Development Project (Glen CDP), member of the Community Education launch of poetry collection Network. Parking, refreshments available. This is an opportunity for visitors to learn about the Booking essential as places limited to 9. max training programmes and activities provided by the Margo or Ronnie 455 0519 9 National Learning Network (NLN) here & throughout Cork City & County. A book of poems titled Pool of Life by Mark ______Stout, a learner at NLN, will be officially launched. NLN is Ireland’s largest non-government training 10am organisation. It specialises in providing training courses CIT, Bishopstown for people who require additional supports or different approaches due to injury, medical condition, learning Open morning for mature students difficulty, etc. Free refreshments, provided by the catering Thinking of going to college as an adult? See what’s course. Parking available. on offer at CIT for you as an adult learner. Tea/coffee & Info: Padraig Healy 430 0144, ext 105, 087 917 7873 welcome on arrival followed by a choice of interesting email: [email protected], www.nln.ie ‘taster’ lectures. Tour the Bishopstown Campus and find ______out about student supports, fees, grants etc. Numbers limited so booking required. Meet at Access Service, 10am – 5pm ground floor Student Centre, Contact Sinéad O’ Neill, Cork Vision Centre @ St. Peter’s, North Main St Mature Student Office T. 433 5109 or Deirdre Creedon, Access Officer max Learn about music T. 433 5140 or email: 50 [email protected] courses & see an exhibition ______Details see Tuesday. ______10am – noon St John’s Central College, Sawmill St 10am -11am Women’s Fitness Plus, Kinsale Rd See jewellery created by students (next to South Doc, near Smyth’s Toys) Daily until Friday, for details see Monday. ______Try Pilates for free Try a free class with Jaconel and experience what Pilates 10am – 3pm can do for you: feel taller, leaner, stronger, and… relaxed! City of Cork VEC Centre for Education, Book by calling Jaconel Janssen 085 161 3505. Teach Barra, Dean St max 12 Under Saint Fin Barre’s Spires ______Call in to the Centre this week & meet current students & teaching staff. Take a tour & find out about a new Back to Education course with free tuition; ask about key subject 10am – noon areas of FETAC Levels 3 & 4. There are displays of students’ Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay portfolios and a video on the work of the Centre. Walk around the beautiful Heritage Garden at your leisure, or Learn about ceramics – workshop ask for a guided tour. Light refreshments available. Info: 496 6950 email: [email protected] & Acting for absolute beginners Both continue daily until Sunday. Camden Palace Hotel is open to the public from 11am – 6pm – why not call in? See Monday for details. 20 wednesday APRIL 13

10am-3pm 10.30am – 11.45am max Disability Services, South Lodge, UCC The Evening Echo, Lapps Quay 20

Exhibition by Tour the Evening Echo photographers with disabilities The Evening Echo, festival sponsor, invites you to Continues until Friday – for details see Monday visit their offices, so you get an exclusive insight into ______the production of the bestselling regional evening paper. Come and see the paper that is at the heart 10am – 4pm of everything that happens in Cork, in an event The Lodge, Bessborough organised by CIT Access Service. Free refreshments. max Booking essential as places limited to 20. Call Elaine 16 Dennehy CIT Access Service 433 5141 Explore attitudes to or 087 634 5006 email: equality & discrimination [email protected] This day-long workshop is an opportunity to share www.cit.ie & better understand the experience of equality and ______discrimination. Using an experiential group work approach, it will raise awareness of stereotyping 10.30am – noon and its negative impact on people. Facilitator Jim , Emmet Place Sheehan is the Director of SHEP & has a background in education, social inclusion and equality initiatives. From the community to the gallery: Expect an interactive, enjoyable workshop. For more about SHEP see Monday. Booking essential as places craft workshop & exhibition limited. T 466 6180 During the festival last year a novel partnership was ______initiated between community arts and civic arts. Women from the Ballyphehane/Togher Community 10am – 6pm Arts & Crafts Initiative worked with artists from the Cork Arts Theatre, Crawford Art Gallery in a year-long collaboration. Camden Court, In May 2011, the community artists will exhibit Carrolls Quay their work in the Crawford Art Gallery. During this year’s festival members of the Ballyphehane/Togher Community Arts Initiative deliver a workshop in Exhibition: the Crawford Arts Gallery and become the artists in The Madwoman of Cork by Patrick Galvin residence for the morning. They’ll bring living, vibrant Lithographs by Kent Jones, one for each stanza of the community arts & crafts into the civic gallery. iconic poem. Daily until Saturday. Info: Teresa McCarthy 431 9085 or Emma Kleminic ______490 7862

10.30am Curraheen Family Centre, Meeting Room, Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen Rd.

Learn about the Lee Follow the from Macroom to the Lee Fields with author Kieran McCarthy, delving into the area’s history and folklore in words and pictures. Coffee, tea & biscuits. All welcome. Info: Irene Higgins 454 1583 Curraheen Family Centre is a member of the Bishopstown Community Education Network.

21 wednesday APRIL 13

10.30am – 1pm 11am Mayfield GAA Club, Kerry Rd CIT Bishopstown

Learning locally with Mayfield Presentations from Community Education Network disabled students & tutors Investigate, participate & celebrate with the Back to Education Initiative tutors and students talk Community Education Network (CEN) - a group of about their experiences & the need for the continuing adult/community education providers in the Mayfield provision of educational opportunities for people in area. Today it hosts a morning of participative the disability sector. The event is organised by the workshops & displays. It’s a vibrant event with Disability Education Network (DEN) which brings performances of salsa, ballroom & belly dancing, with together organisations across the city. For details of the option of watching or joining in! Local choirs the venue & access, call Paul Seymour 436 2701 – perform. There are displays from local artists, craft 087 630 9818 email: [email protected] work, demonstrations of cookery, massage, and ______cross stitch and flower arranging are also available for you to enjoy. Create your own print with the 11am – 4pm Mayfield Community Arts Centre’s printing press. Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay See photographs by members of Mayfield Camera Club & ask about getting involved. If you want to Open studio speak a ‘coupla focal’ you can join the local Irish Visit sculptor Blessing Sanyanga’s studio, hear about Speaking Circle (Ciorcal Comhra An Ghoirt Alainn). his work & about workshops in stone sculpting. Enjoy a display of craftwork by the young people Camden Palace Hotel is open until 6pm – drop in. attending the FÁS Youth Training Centre and see the See Monday for details. boat Scoil Bernadette made during a collaboration ______with Meitheal Mara. There’s also a stand from the Cork Environmental Forum, which runs a workshop 11am – 1pm on saving water this afternoon at the Mayfield CDP Douglas Library Resource Centre. Refreshments provided. All welcome. Info: Mary or Liz at 450 8562. Intergenerational quiz Mayfield Community Education Network members: Teams made up of two Transition Year students from Mayfield Community Adult Learning Project, Mayfield Douglas Community School & two senior citizens Community Arts Centre & Newbury House Family Centre, compete for prizes. Come along and see how young Lotamore Family Resource Centre, St Laurence Cheshire & old pool their knowledge. The quiz is organised Home, Home School Liaison from Mayfield Community by Young at Heart, Douglas Senior Community School, St Patrick’s Schools, Scoil Mhuire Banrion & Scoil Association, you can ask about getting involved in the Naomh Eoin Easpal, Health Action Zone, Mayfield group. Park in shopping centre. Info: Phil Goodman Write-On Adult Basic Education Service and Mayfield 436 3867 or 087 298 7161 Men’s Group. ______11.30am 11am – noon Terence MacSwiney Community Leisureworld Bishopstown College, Knocknaheeny & Leisureworld Churchfield Performance Take to the water by Army band Have a free swim, and enjoy Come and listen to the stirring sounds of the Band of a sauna & steam session. the 1st Southern Brigade, Collins Barracks, Cork. This See Monday for details. is an unusual event – the band visiting the college – and it’s a great opportunity for students and the general public to enjoy great music. All welcome. 22 Info: Anne Masterson, School Librarian 439 7740 wednesday APRIL 13

11.30am – 1pm Noon – 4pm We Made This, South Pres, Evergreen street Bishopstown Senior Social Centre, Wilton Park House (old boys national school) Computers for the petrified Cooking demonstration Details see Tuesday, repeated Thurs. Learn how to cook scones and homemade pizzas ______- make good use of leftovers, use same mix for scones and pizza base, demonstration with Margaret 12.30pm – 2.30pm O’Regan. Lunch included. Parking on right past Cork Vision Centre @St Peter’s, North Main St school. Booking required: Patricia Keane 432 2370 or 086 020 0848 Cork Academy of Music performs ______Members and students of the Cork Academy of Music perform. Come and enjoy listening, all welcome. Noon – 1.30pm Find out about music courses. Info: Finola Horgan Barnardo’s Brighter Futures, Ardmore Ave, Knocknaheeny 427 9925 email: [email protected] www. corkvisioncnetre.com ______

1pm – 2pm , UCC

Art workshop The Glucksman presents a free hands-on art workshop led by artist Eva White. All welcome. Workshop for children & parents Info: Chris Clarke 490 1821 email: [email protected] Today parents & children (aged up to five) are invited www.glucksman.org to make art projects together at the beautiful Brighter ______Futures Centre. The aim of the centre is to promote learning and educational achievement. The workshop 1pm – 2pm is linked to the Elmer the Patchwork Elephant by Lecture Theatre, Crawford Art British author David McKee, chosen for pre-schools as Gallery, Emmet Place part of the One Book One Community Initiative. Elmer is about an elephant that struggles with, and then grows to love, being different. Parents & children Cork Adult Education will make Elmer collages, a bookmark or picture Council – Spring holder, and the book will be read and discussed in a Talks Series fun and welcoming atmosphere. Display of Elmer art Today: Liam O hUigín with an illustrated and craftwork previously made by children attending talk on Cork City. See Monday for information. the centre. Tea,coffee, and snacks available. Park near ______the centre. Places limited to 15 parents/carers & 15 children, book by phone or calling in. 1.10pm-2pm Info: Jenna Russell, Foyer, CIT Cork School of Music, Union Quay Project Leader 430 7964. max 15 ______Lunchtime concert Collaborations: Cork Music Works, Noon – 2pm students on the UCC Contemporary Bishopstown Senior Social Centre, Wilton Park House Living course & from Cork School of Music perform. Info: Edel Sullivan Mobile phones for beginners 480 7339 Details see Tuesday, repeated Thurs. 23 wednesday APRIL 13 max 1.30pm-2pm 2pm – 4.30pm 15 Alliance Française de Cork, Cork Printmakers, Wandesford Quay, Clarkes Bridge 36 Mary Street, Cork Discover the art of printmaking A short French class for beginners Visit Cork Printmakers fine art print workshop & Bonjour! Ça va? Brush up and learn the basics in discover its facilities in etching, photo-intaglio, screen- French with our native tutor Marie-José O’Sullivan. printing, lithography and relief printing. Be introduced Info: 431 0677 email:[email protected] to two different techniques through demonstrations ______in mono-screen and waterbased screen-print by artist & studio technician Marianne Keating. Workshop 2pm participants make a print. There’s also a tour of the Carrig Sound Recording Studio, workshop. A group exhibition of work produced here 3B Unit C, Donnybrook Commercial Centre, Douglas is on display. Booking essential for demonstrations & tour. To book, call Frances O’Connor 432 2422 email: Learn a little about sound recording [email protected] For all classes see www. Event repeated daily until Sunday. Details see Tuesday. corkprintmakers.ie ______

2pm – 3pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm Half Moon Theatre, Mayfield CDP Resource Centre, 328 Old Youghal Rd Dramatic reading & Learn about saving water talk: The Cure With domestic water charges on the horizon and Writer and director Conal more water shortages, now is the time to learn about Creedon reads from The Cure, preserving this essential resource, Experts lead a free his 2005 one-act play about one hour workshop on how to save water and harvest a man brushed aside by the it. Come along and ask questions. All welcome. Celtic Tiger, which is currently Presented by Cork Environmental Forum, H2Oconsult running in this theatre. Conal & Mayfield CDP. Info: Patrick Treacy 464 7818 talks about the changing email: [email protected] www.cef.ie perception of his play in ______the light of the recession, and about its recent tour to Shanghai. Info: Jamie Monagan 490 5218 email: 2.30pm – 3.30pm [email protected] CIT Observatory www.corkoperahouse.ie ______Workshop – 2pm - 4pm an introduction to Stellarium. Cork City Childcare, 29 Penrose Wharf Details see Monday. max Repeated daily until Friday. 20 Open Afternoon ______Celebrate National Childminding Week in Cork. Childminders and potential childminders are invited 2.30pm – 4pm to call into the Cork City Childcare office – to find Bishopstown Senior Social Centre, Wilton Park House out about its Childminding Initiative and the many resources available. Info: Ruth Cullen 450 7942 email: Fun & games & more [email protected] www.corkcitychildcare.ie Join older people who come to this award-winning centre regularly for exercise, fun, games, music, reminiscing. See Tuesday for details.

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2.30pm – 4pm 4pm – 5.30pm We Made This, South Pres, Evergreen St Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay

Cooking demonstration How to breakdance Learn how to cook scones and Learn good breakdance basics and how to freestyle. homemade pizzas, with Margaret Accompanied children welcome. Info: Konrad Fischer O’Regan. The We Made This 086 308 2789 email: [email protected] project is based in the old boys’ Repeated Friday. national school. You must book. ______Patricia Keane 432 2370 or 086 020 0848 4pm – 6.30pm ______Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay

2:30pm – 5pm Learn a bit about Stand Up Cork City and County Archives, Ashley Strand offers a series of 20 minute workshops Seamus Murphy Building, & information sessions this afternoon. He runs Great William O’Brien St, Blackpool the Coco Club, Cork’s newest stand-up venue. You can watch him work with his current students this So who do you think you are? – evening. Ashley Strand 083 421 4073 a genealogy workshop e-mail: [email protected] Learn how to research your family history, using www.camdenpalacehotel.org local, national, and online resources, in a workshop ______led by Rosaleen Underwood, MAPGI, a professional genealogist. Booking recommended. Booking 6pm- 8pm recommended: Timmy O Connor 450 5886 email: Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay [email protected] www.corkarchives.ie See under 6pm Tuesday for more details. Watch an acrobatics workshop ______Come and see the weekly acrobatics workshop with Circus Square. Info: Cian Kinsela 085 761 1296 3pm ______Visitors’ Centre, North Wing,UCC 6pm-8pm Camden Palace Hotel, Guided historical tour of UCC Camden Quay Details see Monday. ______Clowning around Learn some clowning techniques with Jan Diederen, 3pm – 5.30pm repeated Friday. Info: Jan Diederen 085 145 1777 Popham’s Park, Farranree email: [email protected] ______Treasure Hunt Take part in a treasure hunt – 7pm – 9pm great fun for families, or teams Douglas Gaelscoil, off South Douglas Rd of two to four people of all ages. Register your team from 3pm Circle ceol – 3.30pm. Event organised by Learn a tune, play an instrument, join in the fun with Farranree Community Education Douglas Comhaltas Ceoltóirí, which runs regular Network. Info: Martin Dineen, musical sessions here. All welcome. Info: Fionán Community Warden Cogan 087 818 5111 086 796 8946 25 wednesday APRIL 13

7pm-8pm 7pm – 9.30pm Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay Cushing House, Popham’s Hill (green building)

Stand-up – watch Ashley Strand First Aid for babies & children as he works with his students. Join a practical class of up-to-date First Aid training for See 4pm today for details. parents and carers, given by a qualified professional. More info will be on www. camdenpalacehotel.org It covers: managing common accidents at home; and on the notice board in the lobby. self protection, infection, vaccination; managing ______temperature; choking; CPR - paediatric & adult; burns and scalds; electrical shock & home safety; medical 7pm – 9pm emergencies, Diabetes, Epilepsy, spinal injuries. It’s Geography Computer Lab, not a certified course, but a once off session on basic Donovans Road, UCC First Aid. Booking is essential as places are limited. Info: Joanne McNamara – Community Health Worker 086 787 2265. Organised by Farranree/Fairhill Health Hands-on computer workshop Action Zone & HSE South. Get a whirlwind tour of what you can do with the ______Web Version 2.0. This workshop is a free taster for the short course Communications Skills for the 7.30pm New Media Age, which is hands-on and interactive. Turner’s Cross Community Centre All ages and abilities welcome. Emphasis on effective communication rather than technology. The Geography Department is below the Honan Hear about local history Chapel; the computer lab is on the top floor. Booking A local historian gives a talk about the history (and essential, only 24 places. Organised by the Centre for much more) of the local area. All welcome. Continuing Education, UCC. Info & booking: Imogen Refreshments served. Event organised by Turner’s Bertin 488 7300 or 087 265 5261 email: [email protected] Cross Community Association. Info Joseph Curtin ______086 259 1362 email: [email protected] ______7pm - 9pm Mahon Youth Centre, Portacabins, Mahon Drive 7.30pm – 8.30pm Telecom Eireann Social Club, 8a MacCurtain St Open Studio – Men’s Art Group see Tuesday Learn a little about Spain The Cork Spanish Circle welcomes you to a brief introduction to Spain and its history with particular reference to the development of the Spanish language. Then you can join in the regular Beginners’ ______Class. Info: Enda Casey 496 3828 ______7pm – 9pm CADA Performing Arts, Pine Street 7.30pm – 9pm North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree Drama class for adults Join one of the regular classes. CADA’s drama Adult Education Awards courses explore technique, character, improvisation, Presentation of certificates to adult students on Junior playreading, team skills, and a lot more. Most of all Cert, Leaving Cert and FETAC courses, including the you have fun and can make new friends. Find out Betty Murphy Student of the Year Award, named after about courses for young & old. Info: Caroline Murphy a former student of Adult Education at the school. or Catherine Mahon-Buckley 486 6389 – 086 245 8731 All welcome. Info Anne Twomey 430 3330. Park on Knockpogue Ave. North Presentation Adult Education 26 is a member of the Farranree Community Education Network.